ABSTRACT It has previously been established that social support and spirituality influence the well-being of parents of children with special needs. To date, few literatures have examined the psychological process through which these protective resources exert their effects on well-being. This study explored whether social support and spirituality predicted the subjective well-being (i.e., Life satisfaction, Positive affect and Negative affect) of parents of children with special needs in Gha...
ABSTRACT The study focused on aesthetics of semantic incongruities and lexical deviations in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s text Mũrogi wa Kagogo. The study is premised on the knowledge that style is a vital element especially for the purpose of delivering the message of a literary writer. The study therefore sought to investigate the rationale behind Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s employment of semantic incongruities and lexical deviations in his text Mũrogi wa Kagogo. In an environment where schola...
The Cambridge Analytica data scandal has sparked a widespread privacy debate and put Facebook in the eye of a PR storm. Automatically this raises questions from an advertisers perspective. ‘Should we gear up for an audience decrease and reshuffle budget?’ Not really. No advertiser data has been affected and this is mainly an issue on user level, so Facebook already implemented actions to solidify the privacy of its users which is a benefit for advertisers too. It was a former staff member...
Abstract/Overview Using data from 1,177 families in eight countries (Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States), we tested a conceptual model of direct effects of childhood family adversity on subsequent externalizing behaviors as well as indirect effects through psychological mediators. When children were 9 years old, mothers and fathers reported on financial difficulties and their use of corporal punishment, and children reported perceptions o...
ABSTRACT This research endeavour focuses on the social and political ills prevalent in the African societies with the view of correcting them thus, making the contemporary society a better place to live. Using two texts from renowned Nigeria writer, we see the economic, social and political evils which morally degrade our society and the community at last. These evils are being satirized to bring about transformation. Here, the sociological approach is employed. The quota sampling system is ...
ABSTRACT As reality is said to be reflected in film, this study was conducted to comprehend the variances to the subject of political apathy amongst Nigerian youths as depicted in the movie, King of Boys. The theories social realism (film) theory and agenda-setting theory were adopted to identify ongoing issues that have an impact on people’s daily lives and how the media has an impact on a given subject matter placed on a public agenda. The study adopted quantitative research design with...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the role played by Zanzibar Leo Newspaper through its involvement in advocating for the right of people living with disabilities in Zanzibar. The study to examine the magnitude of Zanzibar Leo newspapers’ involvement in advocacy of the right of people with disabilities.To explore the challenges faced by the media (Zanzibar Leo newspaper) in advocating for the rights of disabled people and To find out other ways concerned by the media to advoc...
ABSTRACT This study sought to examine the effect of teenage pregnancy on socio-economic aspects of girls in the selected schools of Kalangala district specially to identify the causes of teenage pregnancy among the girls, the socio-economic consequences of teenage pregnancies, and investigated the measures that would be taken to curb this problem. The respondents used in the study were local leaders, teachers, parents who filled a semi-structured questionnaire containing items which had ...
ABSTRACT The study involved both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection in which questionnaires, interview guides and focus group discussions were used to collect the data from the respondents The objective of the Study is to investigate the effects of teaching methods on academic performance in secondary schools of Kamnorok Zone Barwessa Division in Kenya The first objective of the study was to determine the relationship between visual aids and performance of secondary schoo...
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TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVAL iiDEDICATION jjjACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivLIST OF ACRONYMS vLIST OF FIGURES viLIST OF TABLES viiTABLE OF CONTENTS viiiABSTRACT xiCHAPTER ONE 1GENERAL INTRODUCTION 11.0 Introduction1.1 Background of the study 11.2 Statement of the Problem 21.3 Objectives of the study 21.3.1 General objective 21.3.2 General objective of the study 21.3.3 Specific objectives 21.4 Research Questions 31.5 Scope of the study 31.5.1 Content scope 31.5.2 Geographical scope 31,5.3 Time scop...
TABLE OF CONTENTABSTRACTTABLE OF CONTENTCHAPTER ONE 9INTRODUCTION 91.0 Background 91.1 Background of the study 91.2 Statement of the problem 101.2 Objective of the study 111.3.2 Specific objectives 111.4 Scope of the study 12CHAPTER TWO 13LITERATURE REVIEW 132.1 INTRODUCTION 132.2 Causes of early marriages 142.3 consequences of early marriage 16CHAPTER THREE 18METHODOLOGY 183.0 Introduction 183.1 Research Design 183.2 Research Population 183.3SampleSize 183.4 Sampling Procedure 183.5 Research...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVALDEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGMENT ivTABLE OF CONTENTS vLIST OF TABLES ixABSTRACT xCHAPTERONE 1INTRODUCTION 11.0 Background to the study 11.1 Statement of the problem 21.2 Objectives 21.3 Specific objectives 31.4 Scope 31.5 Research questions 31.6 Significance of the study 41.7 Definition of Terms 41.8 Limitations 4CHAPTER TWO 5LITERATURE REVIEW2.0 Introduction 52.1 Meaning of teenage pregnancy 52.1.lTrends of teenage pregnancy 62.2 Causes of early pregnancies 72.2.1...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVAL iiDEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGMENTTABLE OF CONTENTS vLIST OF TABLES ixABSTRACTC~A~TE~ ONE 1INT~~ODtJC’TIOr~,j 11.0 Background tothestudy 11.1 Statement of the problem 21.2 Objectives 21.3 Specific objectives 31.4 Scope 31.5 Research questions 31.6 Significance of the study 41.7 Definition of Terms 41,8 Limitations 4CHAPTERTWO 5LITERATURE REVIEW 52.0 Introduction 52.1 Meaning of teenage pregnancy2.1.1 Trends of teenage pregnancy 52.2 Causes of early pregnancies 7...
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